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Maximizing institutional investment

in print resources

through controlled digital lending

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Chris Freeland

Director of Open Libraries

Internet Archive

@chrisfreeland

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Overview

  • About controlled digital lending (CDL) & �Open Libraries
  • The offer: 1.3M digitized books...and growing!
  • 3 examples of CDL in action
    • Boston Public Library: closed stacks
    • Phillips Academy: scan & return
    • Trent University: donation
  • Learn more

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Controlled digital lending

https://controlleddigitallending.org/

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physical book

digital book

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Boston Public Library

Closed stacks

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Phillips Academy

Scan & return

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Trent University

Donation

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For the love of literacy - Better World Books &

Internet Archive unite to preserve millions of books

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Shared Print/Print Retention

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Recap

  • Libraries are actively participating in CDL
  • Open Libraries has a growing collection of digitized books that you can offer your patrons & use to make decisions about your physical collections
  • Our new partnership with Better World Books is helping build out that collection

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Learn more...

  • OpenLibraries.online
  • Talk to me
    • Chris Freeland - chrisfreeland@archive.org
  • Next webinar:
    • Tues, Feb 11 @ 11am CST - register

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